Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986] see Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
   1? †Herrerasauridae Benedetto 1973 [Novas 1992] see Family Herrerasauridae Benedetto, 1973
   2.1? Genus †Eoraptor Sereno, Forster, Rogers & Monetta, 1993
   2.2.1 Genus †Eodromaeus Martínez, Sereno, Alcober, Colombi, Renne, Montañez & Currie, 2011
   2.2.2.1? Genus †Tawa Nesbitt, Smith, Irmis, Turner, Downs & Norell, 2009
   2.2.2.2.1? Genus †Daemonosaurus Sues, Nesbitt, Berman & Henrici, 2011
   2.2.2.2.2 Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]